| Main facility: |
Station (In Use)
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| Lines: |
Bombala Line
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| Location: |
(149.1355°, -36.2366°) [exact] GDA94
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| Distance: |
434.670 km from Sydney
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| History: |
| 21-May-1889 | Opened |
| 26-Mar-1986 | Closed |
| unknown | Re-opened |
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| Other facilities: |
Turntable: 60' manual, in use (Sellers turntable No. 1286) |
| Photos: |
1982, 1989, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| Description: |
The most important location along the line, Cooma had extensive freight facilities. When it opened, the station with its 90m platform sat on a platform road on the up side of the main line. A dock platform was present at the down end of the station. To the north were a pair of goods sidings which a goods platform and shed. Opposite this were the loco servicing facilities, including a 2-road engine shed, turntable, and coal stage. By 1963 several more goods, stock and oil sidings had been added. A short distance to the south of the station a pair of saleyards sidings has been constructed. Branching off the main line several kilometres to the north was a separate set of freight sidings known as the Snowy Mountains sidings.
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| Current status: |
The station and extensive yard are still present. The station building has been restored and is the base for the Cooma-Monaro Railway. Numerous semaphore signals dot the yard. On the platform is a signal box containing a large lever frame and the various safeworking equipment. The staff barrack opposite the station is intact and it good condition.
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| Links: |
Cooma Monaro Railway
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Rock Flat
